A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of... (Dear America) by Karen Hesse

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Newberry Medallist Karen Hesse pens the diary of a Union girl living in the divided state of Delaware during the explosive first year of the Civil War.

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There are gains for all our losses - There are balms for all our pains; But when youth, the dream, departs, It takes something from hearts, And never comes again.

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